Minorate

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To diminish. archaic
"this present Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend nor take place to abridge, deprive or minorate any Liberties, Privilege or Authority of any Lords Marchers"
2
To replace a term by its lower bound.
"Analogously, we can minorate, replacing sin x with −1, then, by applying the first method it follows that:[…]"

Example

"this present Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend nor take place to abridge, deprive or minorate any Liberties, Privilege or Authority of any Lords Marchers"

Etymology

First attested in 1534; Latin minōrātus, perfect passive participle of minōrō (“to diminish”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from minor (“lesser”).

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